Thursday 31 December 2009

SIR PATRICK STEWART



Congratulations to Patrick Stewart who has been honoured with a Knighthood by the Queen ,i have been a fan of Sir Patrick since the 1980's he's a wonderful actor and i was thrilled last year when he said this about Macbeth the graphic novel from Classical Comics which i designed and drew.

"I'm fascinated by your approach to the play and its language. I find them gripping, dramatic and, although for me the original Shakespeare is always my reason for turning to these plays, I think that what you are doing in illuminating and making perhaps more lucid, especially for young people, is clever and meaningful."

- Patrick Stewart, Actor

Sunday 27 December 2009

BUDDHA-FUL NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL


Hope you enjoy the new year celebrations and party hard like my chum Buddha
this illo is for Wasted issue 3 out in February 2010

copyright ALAN GRANT/JON HAWARD/BAD PRESS LTD 2009

Sunday 20 December 2009

Coca-Cola Santa Claus: Coke Christmas Art by Haddon Sundblom


I would like to wish everyone a very merry christmas and a very happy 2010!!

saw this image on the net fantastic painting and pose Haddon Sundblom was a amazing talent and i always enjoy looking at his paintings.

Wednesday 16 December 2009

FRANKIE BOYLE ART FOR BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 2009




I drew Frankie three times the first idea was to have him look like a demonic super powered elastic man coming out of a volcano the producers liked the idea then i was asked to draw him in a pose opening his shirt Superman style, i drew his pose twice as his original face looked too nice so i had to butch up his face and add a beard here's the art in progress from pencils to inks to colour
colouring by Nigel Dobbyn

ARTWORK COPYRIGHT BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 2009

Tuesday 15 December 2009

UNUSED ART FOR THE BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 2009 SET







MICHAEL MCINTYRE as a superhero he was drawn by another artist in the end,PETER KAY and SIMON COWELL,
HARRY HILL as a Magician, RUTH JONES as a warrior Zena type, DAWN FRENCH as a nurse,


ARTWORK COPYRIGHT BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 2009

Saturday 12 December 2009

THE BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 2009




The Jonathan Ross pictures where my samples to get a job illustrating portraits for the set design for the 20th British Comedy Awards 2009 for ITV1, i was asked by the Production Designer Simon Kimmel to draw Mr Ross looking like a superhero, the producers of the show liked my samples so i was given a contract to work on the show

in the end only 3 got completed and used for the final set design they where Alan Carr ,Sheila Reid and Frankie Boyle they where coloured by my good friend Nigel Dobbyn.

art copyright BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 2009

Saturday 5 December 2009

JONATHAN ROSS MASTER OF THE MYSTIC CHAT SHOW




on Sunday i'll be able to talk about these plus why i drew them ....

Friday 4 December 2009

THOR BY JMS AND COIPEL


one of the books i have enjoyed a great deal this year has been Thor by J.M Straczynski, Olivier Coipel, Laura Martin fantastic stories with wonderful art full of grace and power and beauty.

i bought a poster by Olivier Coipel by Marvel it's printed on plastic and it's so huge i don't know where i'm going to put it ,but here's the image of it as you can see it has over tones of Lord of the Rings about it, personally i can't wait to see the Kenneth Branagh Marvel movie slated for 2011

ARTWORK COPYRIGHT MARVEL CHARACTERS INC

Thursday 3 December 2009

THE TEMPEST MYEBOOK.COM PREVIEW


http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=22109

Wednesday 2 December 2009

MACBETH PLAIN TEXT ON MYEBOOK


Preview pages of Macbeth on mybook.com
http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=21017